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the lost hafpingss of us all. I cannot | least troubled about ft. Henson was: say more, but jf implore you to let me| more than puzzled; deep down im his have my own #way in this matter.” _| heart he was frightened. “Oh!” Littimer said, darkly, “so you “I must keep my eyes open,” he said. are masquerading here?” .| “I must watch day and night. Do yow soup with an air of deep abstraction. “tT am. I admit it. Turn me out if| fuppose Miss Tee nattcet Sense A great idea is forming itself in my} you like; refuse to be a party to my| when she called to-day?" mind, she said. 2 scheme. You may think badly of me| “Not a bit of it,” said Merritt, con- ‘What, another one?” . Bell smiled. | now, probably you will think worse of| fidently. “She came to see me; she ‘Is it the air of the plage, or *hat?| me later on. But I swear to you that had no eyes for anybody but your hum- Really, there is a brilliancy about you| I am acting with the best and purest | ble servant. Where did she get,my ad- ing By Pugin, and an ingle-nook filled with rare Dutch tiles. They had the beautiful old place by themselves, so }| that they could talk freely. Chris crumbled her bread and sipped her ' & Great Privilege. r— “Lemme havo a chaw uy terbacker,, | Jim?" asked a street. waif off the: pugi- f list star of the: alley. f | “Nope.” replied Jim). patronizingly, “but I'l! let yer watch me spit.”"—Baiti- | | } more News. an Crims & Successf Experiment. A New York woman washed her car- pets with gasoline. She did it so thor- that is striking.” motives, and.in your interest as much | dress from? 4 i red MN ~@hite Chris laughed. She was full of the | as:my own.” Set aT Cae didn’t you Intro: | oughly that she willinever have to-do it 5 Boy at es tone “Then you are not entitled even to|I tell her I was iaetie ‘at Moreton fon tasers ‘ts ZL ‘It is the freedom,” she said. “If | the name you bear?” Wells for a time? I’m goin” to live in lang ate atlected. $1,550 : fons you only knew what it is to feel free “No; I admit it, freely. Consider, I| clover for a bit, my pippin. Cigars and Cp glace pica pete siak a F after the dull, aching, monotonous] need not have told you anything. | champagne, wine and the rest of it.” mor Ceyrens Mice ] misery of the last few years. To be| Things cannot be any worse than they “I wish you were at. the Dottom, of The J Di: a. i a constantly on the treadmill, to be in| are. Let me try and make them bet-| tle sea before you came here,” Henson y edad oI de - j CHAPTER. (\XXV—(Continued,) gets up your bazar, I'll do what I can the grasp of a pitiless scoundrel. At | ter. Will you, will you trust me?” growled. “You mind and be careful “Doctor,” said tiie: Cannibal ‘eared “{ let the man keep it,” Chris went | to help.” Sek oe, ORLEGEAIUACAL De ahianalats i | Soren GaN aaieere: (have were'l qin eu'ta: nome or inehe shetferre Tete ee acetate all Sie ley lbnettig 25 aa moinethune’ eves b kedey Matoetiaces! OWA wi auddeh Smiley Hone “drink: beMthe tambien Me fete ee ee mace at & on, more slowly, with‘an eye*to, the}... Then ‘you will: Aine with “ug to: night?” Chris asked, eagerly. ‘Don’t gradually you give way to <lespair. | pulse Littimer laid his hands upon her | the society you are-in now, remember. future. The man had stolen the thing : say no. I met a man once with a past | And now the weight is-off my shoul-| shoulders and looked long and search-| Just one or two glasses’ and no more. out of order.” “Um-m-mY’ mused the court physi- cian. “Been eating some more of those nd I was in a position to prove it. He would be pretty sure to pawn the star| like yours at Lady Roslingham’s, and | ders, and I am free to act. Fancy the | ingly into her eyes. If you talk too much and let yor “he probabily has done so by this time | he was so interesting. We will call for reward of finding Reginald Hengon| “Very well.” he said, with a gentle| tongue run, vour stay here will be wich foreigners?” —and, therefore, we have him in our] you in an hour's time with the wagon- ope : sigh. “I will trust you. As a matter | pretty short.” d “No,’? moaned the king. “The last power. We have only to discover | ette. Then we can settle half our plans Reginald Henson is the blight upon.| of fact, I have felt that I could trust| Apparently the hint was not Tost on | Panauet we had was twelve men that'y - your house. In what way?” So teone the tim Towont prvidntel wert tor dinuse ‘toma: nia! i. a | claimed <0 have, bean professional jury- men at home.” “Well,” advised the court physician, “you had better send for your attorney general, The jury must have dis- agreed, and he should take charge of where the diamonds have been ‘plant- | before dinner.” ee 4 ea’—is that the correct expression?—I| Merritt was graciously pleased to be ‘Ah, I cannot tell you. It is a se-| your schemes, because if they are suc- | chastened mood. His natural audicity San swear an information, and the po-| agreeable. Moreover, he was utterly cret that we never discuss, even among | cessful I shall benefit by them. And ff | was depressed by the splendour and fice will subsequently search the fel-| puzzled and absolutely consumed with ourselves. But he has the power over | you like to bring a cartload of convicts | Juxury around him; the moral atmos- low’s lodgings. When the search is| an overpowering curiosity. Tt seemed us, he has blighted all our lives. But] down here, pray do so. It will only | phere held him down. There were so if I could get hold of a certain thing | puzzle the neighbors and drive me mad | any knives and forks and glasses on made the missing Rembrandt will be | also to him a sheer waste of Providence found there. Mr. Merritt would hardly | to discard such an offer. And the plate the power would bevbroken. ‘That {s | with curiosity, and I love. that.” the tabl>, such a deal of food that was | the case.”"—Tudge. ars ts pee at Littimer Castle was superb! what I am after, what I am working | ‘And will you back me‘up in all I| absolutely strange to him. The butler 5 faAIN aE RETO = are to Dawn that its real’ ¥alue, |. Meamwhile: Chris and (Belli walken| 0% Ane (nets coamen on. ot Oe ear St Or eee ee behind him made him shiver. Hither- Copbanie Live withore Them which I doubt,” Bell said, thought-| down the street together. He was endeavor that the new idea came to)’ “Certainly I will. On the whole, I/ to in Merritt's investigations Into great | New York City, Aug. 18th fully. “Henson would not tell his tool} puzzled over the Rembrandt,” Chris bib bel fancy I am going to have a pleasant | houses he had fought particularly shy | Charles Back of 6¢ Rue de la Victorie, ‘Can’t you give me some general idea | evening. I don’t think dear Reginald | of putlers and coachmen and upper | Paris, France, relates a most interest- ing experience: “Ever since I was about three years of age I have suffered, severely with Kidney Disease. “Last year I too much. Let he congratulate yce up-| said. “Seeing that he has our ple-| 06 io poll asked, eel ; en your idea, Miss Chris. That dia- | tw ‘ites - will be pleased to see his friend at din-| servants of that kind. The butler’ snond star of yours is a powerful fact-| ‘No doubt about it. The picture was] »,, Rad irae ow py Sas eee Na ete ae We con teeepane: ATS missing | sniff ana his cold suggestion as to hock sone gat hands, and you always have | rolled up and stood on the mantel-| 00 ahs gb Binge ae Sega that I| I shall hold you responsible.” slightly raised Merritt's’ combative the consciousness of knowing that you| shelf. I followed Merritt's gaze, know- gee of an adventures as he 13| Chris went off to her room, well| spirit. And the champagne was poor, an adventurer. I want to let him see | pleased with the turn of events. Bril-| trin stuff, after all. A jorum of gin can get it back again. Now, what are| ing perfectly well that it would rest) that r could send him to prison—” liant audacity had ded whi you going to do next?” presently on the picture if it was in| “1 aR ant audacity had succeeded where a| and water or a mug of beer was what | baths at Carlsbad (Bohemia,) but I + Seine tn call upon Mr, Merritt, of} the room. At the same time our inter-| 441.20 Ue won Roe Ret Se nPulse ae Gres Meemstttia| apa ahead tors came back after five weeks’ treatment course,” Chris said, promptly. “You | ested friend, in chuckling over the way| ~, rome era dismal, failure.” "And "Littimer: had. re- (To be Continued.) with a severe pain still in my Kidneys. ‘And getting Merritt arrested and|frained from asking any awkward . bs “My doctors in Paris and Hamburg could do nothing for me. forget that I have his address. I am he has deceived, us, clean forgot the sent to gaol, where I couldn’t make use | Questions. From the window he could “I was obliged to start from Paris to @eeply interested in the welfare of the| yellow pawn ticket lying on the table.” R of him? No, no. The thing is pretty | see Bell and Merritt walking up and ALPHABET ON A PINHEAD. criminal classes, and you are also an “Dr. Bell, do you mean to say that—” . ‘ iin ae : AB wds hac tee Jeti ace enthusiast. I've looked up the names| “That I know where you diamond ague in my mind at present. I have ace, the latter ng ei jMfontreal, Canada, and when I arrived Stone or two people in the airectory.| star1s\ pledged. ‘Indeed, Ido! Merritt) to work it outas‘one would siiry; ee volubly, and worrying at a big cigar as | Ment ip Husraving Accomplished bY | in the Canadian city I was half dead. David Steel would work it out, for in- | @ dog might nuzzle at a bone. Chris i Oo a ah gma “] read an advertisement of Dodd’s - who go in for that kind of thing, and | had probobly just turned out his pock- x'm coing to get up a bazar at Littimer|ets as we entered. The pawn ticket) Stance. Ah!” saw Littimer join the other two pres-| | William L. McLean of Gloversville, Castle for the benefit of the predatory | was on the table, and related to a dia-| | Chis clapped her hands tapturously, | ently, and fall in with the conversa-| h@s engraved on the head of an ordin- “asses who have. turned over a new) mond aigrette pawned, by one James; 4nd = lttle cry of delight escaped: her tion. His laugh came to the girl’s ear; 2'¥ brass pin the entire alphabet in feat. I am particularly anxious for| Merritt—mark the simple cunning of| , “The very thing!” she exclaimed. | more than once. It was quite evident | Script capital letters. The work was Bir. Merritt:to. give: us’ an‘ address: | the! man—with “Messrs,” Hitter, & JO. |\ 26 1 Could Jeg/all she facts beige Bis that that eccentric nobleman was en- | @one with an ordinary engraving tool, Don't you think that’ will do?” 11? High street. ‘That in itself, is an| Steel, and get him to plan out all the | Joying the ex-convict’s society. But |,with the aid of a powerful magnifying “y should think it would do very well| exceedingly valuable discovery, and details! His fertile imagination would | Littimer had never been fettered by | lass. ‘imdeed,” Bell said. one we can afford to keep to ourselves | 8€¢ 2 Way out at once. But he is far conventional rules. The alphabet is arranged in two cir- for the present. At the same time, I| 2Way: and there is no time to be lost. ‘The dog-cart came up presently, and | cles around the pin, four letters which should like very much to know what Is there no way of getting at him?” Henson got out, He had an anxious, it was impossible to include in them Rutter & Co. are like. Let me go down Chris appealed, almost imploringly, | Worried look; there was an ugly frown | being placed in the center. No part of to her companion. She made a pretty | between his brows. He contrived to be one letter touches another. Kidney Pills in a newspaper there, and began to use this remedy, and after two days’ treatment I felt that my pains were leaving me, and in a week I had no pains at all. “Dodd’s Kidney Pills are the most wonderful remedy in the world. I keep them always with me, for I believe To The quaint and somewhat exclusive could not live without them.” town of Moreton Wells was reached in 7 @ue couse, and the street where the ais AEST No Plus Ultra. - “How dare you try to kiss me?” she . i A t| to the shop and -nake some re Bev sums ‘vst reid eta | {98 ghop amas ible DU | ne wien the oi ukemi | ole en Chri anced, He wanted fo] 1 he frat ses ar alah ters | eat ialganty. “Dow 08 Hoot tenement, and the ogcupier of the| Rutter & Co. jroved to be a very behind her. Bell smiled as he helped) know where Dittimer was. up fo: and: Inplding Mt. |, A amalise clr | sn yybettert” + gooms was at home. Chris pushed her high-class shop, indeed, despite the fact mimepele, to asparagus. ‘On the terrace; I fancy,” Chris said, | cle contains the letters which follow up “T¢ I did try to kiss her,” replied Le, way gaily in, followed by Bell, before that there was a pawnbroking branch ‘Why not adopt the same method | demurely. “I guess he is having a long | to V, while in tae center are the four “put, really, vou're the best ever.”— : Wy which you originally introduced | chat with that parson friend of yours remaining letters. . : Woodward Company, the old and well ‘ ‘of the business. . The place was quite Sieoccayant’ oui iny Gown ne foul Of the Dunes, The wince a CRs | urn tothe aatnguahed novel=| ie brand plucked from the DUTINE,| Ato ee a ee the Gnaccustomed stiff, white collar | Prilljant and substantial, the assistants | iat’ Sessealced. Why agin aise RAE ye ea tenia as Naish ee si Taliep ors around his throat. Merritt whipped a quite above the provincial class. AS ete telephone?” Bie ahi Henson said, hoarsely. Leary Eig (N. ¥.) Dispatch to i t Belk was | tuvaing Paver ie ese: Yhris pushed her plate away, impetu- | “Do you mean to say that Merritt is | New York Sun. tumbler under the table with amazing s ome slee ously. here? And I've been looking for—I 5 ; sould | inks Chris was examining a case of | °Y% i pant GAN aati cenit ae lee ane silver and gold cigarette aaeea and the I am too excited to eat any more,” | mean, I have been to Moreton Wells. Some Shop Talk. like. She picked igar-case, at she said. “TI am filled with a new idea. | Why did he come?” It was midnight in the machine shop, gentiy on the murky atmosphere. Ms rie eet HERE Of course, T could use the telephone to| Chris opened her eyes in innocent| and all was silent until the rasping Merritt dodged his head back defi- | lensth, and ask:d the price. At the ; t antly, as if pint ae a blow. His| Mention of fifty guineas, she dropped speak to Mr. Steel, and to Enid, as surprise, | % i voice of the file was heard to say: eyes were strained a little anxiously the trifle with a ttle moue of surprise. | Well: If the scheme works out as I ‘Why,” she said, “I fetched him. I’m I have rubbed up against lots of aver Bell's shoulder as if fearful of a “It looks as if it had been used,” she anticipate I shall have to hold a long | deeply interested in brands of that hard things in my life, but this Harvey- = ie if ‘ conversation with Enid, a dangerous | kind.” ized steel job has completely worn me known Grain Commission firm of Min- neapolis, are offering in another column a Beautiful Picture, at about half-price. It is not a something-for-nothing scheme, but a legitimate desire on their part to place themselves before the public in as favorable light as possible at the beginning of a very fine crop. _ | Friendly Tip. Homer—I don’t know what on earth @hadow. Bell had seen the type be- | Said. ns fore_ Merritt was unconsciously look-| ‘It is not absolutely new, madam,” phen Rg pep meant ay Sires ae is Pe Oh our pe pate ' 1 am going to do with that boy of { ing for the police. . the assistant admitted, “therefore, the | *POUt CHAPTER XXXVI. ely 8a e lathe, sympathet- | Kine, He's the biggest liar in seven | — | price is low. But the gentle who I'll keep Henson out of the way. ieally, “I have done many a hard turn . - | Tam so glad to find you at home,” | Pee ie oon ved agen aaa n° | whe best thing is to wait until every- Another Telephone Message. myself.” saade peek ist NG Chris said, sweetly. 5 us proved that he had only ~ : Bs : Nextdoor—Oh, don’t let that worry # body has gone to bed to-night, amd call} Henson forced a smile to his face and ‘Life is a great bore,” supplemented | yo. When he gets a little older you can get him a job in the government on had it for a few days. The doctor had Steel up.then. You will be certain to | a hand from his side as he approached the gimlet.” weather bureau.—Chicago News. Merritt muttered something that) 4-aereqd him not to smoke in future, hardly sound poms Baia a *| get him after eleven, and there will be | yferritt and the rest. It was not until| “A continual grind,” put in the em- was te evi vas far fr ; ‘ quite evident that he was far from | “Gi turned away to something else.| B® Chance of your being cut off at that) the two found themselves alone that peat aletcaaae aR amhini Dy returning the compliment. He had re- 5 P) Bell completed his purchases, and to-| hoUr of the night in consequence. of| tn. mask dropped. tie atiain pines a pip eembeeata IF YOU HAVE A COUGH Go to’your nearest druggist and insist on eognized Bell, and was wondering, somebody else wanting the line, The ; gether they left the shop. Once out- s “ i ” fearfully, if the latter was as sure of | S40 chris gripped fae companton's | S2me Temark applies to your sister.” ‘You infernally insolent scoundrel! “Calm yourselves,” advised the dam- | getting a bottle of Cole's Cough Cure. You this identity. All the same, he was fol- Chris nodded, radiantly. Henson said, between his teeth. ‘How | aged fly wheel, ‘there may be a revolu- | can have your money back if it doesn’t help you. All druggists, 25 and 50 cents. arm excitedly. ae af “Thrice blessed telephone,” she said. | dare you come here? You’ve done your | tion soon.” é “Another great discovery!” she said. | ,, 5 ed on a roll of dirty paper on the man-| «pig you see me looking aA that cigar- I can get in all I want without com-| work for the present, and the sooner “Don’t mind him,” said the soldering “Everyone knows he is towing Merritt’s uneasy eye till it rest- Regret. tel shelf. That roll of paper was the ay if or | mitting myself to paper or moving | you go back to your kenn fluid, acidly. missing Rembrandt, and he knew it. tet sum metal gue eee from the spot where my presence 18 | the ek ae , i tees precede, cracked.” Mamma—Why, Willie, you asked for = = | Won't you offer me a chair?” Chris] (oy onased a case like that for that—| Ursently needed. We will give Mr.| Joant any harm I'd st 1 ‘And in the confusion that followed | two Pieces of candy, and you got them. | asked, in the sweetest possible man-| Tt toolishness we thought of in con-| Stee! @ pleasant surprise to-night, and i eee crush you alto-| tne gas escaped.—Judge. Aren’t you satisfied? > | mer. nection with Mr. Steel. ‘The case had| tis time I sliall get him into no trou- wether : Willie—No’m, I ain't. You gave up | Merritt sulkily emptied a chair of 4| 2 tittle arrow-shaped scratch, with the| P!e:” (dlo-iincaibs cuewatagee bathe own,” Merritt “Could Be Worse. so easy I’m just kickin’ myself ‘cause I | pile of cheap. sporting papers,/andsde-'| eag or the arrow formed of theabie | cor ee eee length, | whined. “So keep your ‘air on. That| “Life is a hollow mockery!” groaned | didn’t ast you for more.—Philadelphia ‘manded, none too politely, what bust-| est diamond. Enid told me all this and an intimation sent to Merritt that ; young lady cdme and fetched me—reg- | the pessimistic person. Press. x { mess the lady had with him. Chris! the night before I left Longdean| PS friends were waiting for him at the | ular gone on me, she is, And there’s| “Not so bad as that,” soothingly said | proceeded to explain at considerabie| Grange. Dr. Bell, I am absolutely cer- Lion. As his powerful figure was seen.| to be jinks ’ere—a bazar for the bene-.| the optimist. DO NOT STARVE YOURSELF = fenath. As Merritt listened his eyes] tain that I have had in my hand just| Chtering the blg Norman porch Hen-| fit of pore criminals as can't get work| ‘But it 1s,” averred the pessimist. | but eat « good square meal, and {f your stomach \ gieamed, and a broadened grin spread iow “the very case’ heuklt, uy uth) Mon eee street driving a|to do. You ‘eard what his lordship | “Could anyone have as much bad luck ree nese SOP Ee Oe ea erainiratior al. | ever his face. He had done a great! ¢rom Lockhart’s in Brighton!” dog-cart at a dangerous rate of speed. | said. And I'm goin’ to make a speech, | as I’ Disappointed in love; failed in ia bor Aer “Al ae druggists sell them— | deal of that kind of thing, he admitted. % “Our man is going to have his trou-| like as I used to gull the chaplains. business; property stolen, burned, ship- | 50c and $1.00. - Since Henson had taken him up the po- : ple for his pains,” Bell chuckled, ‘He | Lor’, it’s funny, ain’t it?” wrecked and lost; blown up by cy- w | Tice had not been anything like as in- CHAPTER XXXVI. has come to interview Merritt. How Henson failed to see the humor of | clones and burned by volcanoes, kicked William Was Wise. quisitive, and his present pose was A Brilliant Idea. pleased he will be to see Merritt at din- | the situation. He was uneasy and sus- | by mules and stung by mosquitoes; Father (11:50 p. m.)—Who was here fruitful of large predatory gains. The < ner time.” i picious. Moreover, he was puzzled by | thrown out of hotels because of my poor | to-night? fatter fact Merritt kept to himself. On Bell was considerably impressed with Merritt shambled in awkwardly, ob- | this American girl, and he hated to be| garb; barred from charity hospitals Daughter—William. “ the whole the prospect appealed to his | the importanee of Chris’ discovery, al-| viously suppressing a desire to touch | puzzled. She had social aspirations, | because of my respectable appearance; Father—Did you turn out the ga! 4magination. Henson wouldn't like it; | though at the same time he was not nis fo-elock, There was a sheepish | of course; she cared nothing for de- | arrested for fast driving in my auto-| when he left? ‘put, then Henson was not in a position | disposed to regard it in the light of 2 grin on his face, a suppressed triumph | cayed or reformed criminals, and this mobile; slammed against the roadway Daughter—No, sir; he turned it out ‘to say too much. Kaincidense: in his eye. He had been recently | silly bazar was only designed so that! and telegraph poles.”’—Baltimore Amer-| when he first came.—Philadelphia In- “J thought, perhaps, if you came over NEU ae upeeck labaversea Aiea eer shaved and his hair cut; but, despite | the ambitious girl could find her way | ican. : quirer. @nd dined with us at the castle,” Chris} 1. caia: py i tS s Way.”| these improvements, and despite his | into the county set. Then she would |” suggested. She spoke slowly and aid; but not very remarkable when | clerical garb, he was not exactly the | choose a husband, and nothing more The Fomsntiar 1h Golan? Never call a man a liar if he is bigget thoughtfully, with her eyes on the youcome to think of it. Somebody | class of man to meet in a dark lane | would be heard of Merritt & Co, Hen- The pompadour has been given all] tran you are. If you are positive that ground. “Say to-night, Will you| with an eye to damaging Steel changed | After sunset. son had a vague notion that all Ameri-| sorts of treatment. It has stood aloft] ye is a liar, hire a cheap man to break = =~ { ety that cigar-case. How the change af-| Cts; however, showed nothtng of| can girls are on the look-out for Eng- | on the head, like a mound of earth, has! the news to him ' Merritt grinned extensively once | fected Steel you know as well as I do. bk eae greeting. baa Bliss Lite ice peeves of the titled order. heen pene Rais Over see targa “ amore. The idea of his dining at the] But the cigar- er Castle was reached she had suc- “Littimer must be mad!” he mut- | like a shade for the eyes, has been loos- the i Rn ae eee ae alee eee ee Ee ee ee eee oa Sanus teen Gees aY Das feted gy curt pa tetany, aioe Oe Saris gu Inthierigiea endl emer atcemuEae with at i sense of humor. . He was at his ease, | 25 ijKely to find it 2 ease. He talked of himself and his | Which reminds mé that I have a crow | waves, and now it is drawn into 4) standing in society. i seeing that Bell failed to recognize y to fin near Reginald Hen-| past exploits, he boasted of his cun-| to pluck with you. Why didn’t you do | bunch and suspended over the left eye, i tim. To dine at the castle, to note the | 8°? 48 anywhere else, seeing that he is| ning. It was only now and again that | as I told you last night?” where it will stay for a little while} yan is born to rule the world—but bs ; plate, and get a minute geographical | 2t the bottom of the whole business. he pulled himself up and piously refer-| “Did,” Merritt said, curtly. “Got the| The big, aggressive pompadour, how-| siong comes woman, and declares age i ‘knowledge of the place from personal That change was made either by him- red to the new life that he was now | picture and took it home with me.” ever, has not many months before it. up to her. 5 -_ ebservation. His mouth watered at] self or by somebody at his instigation. ianilaayli ics pina aang dh g nip “You Har! The picture is in the cor-| Curls and crinkles and low chignons i : ; the thought. Once the change wa: ef ys a e other’s min ean | ridor at the present time.” are being brought to us from Paris. Winslow’: a eerie pughtcihybe wicks Speeel Men hae Manet atte ee ae ee open book. When the wagonette final-| “Liar yourself! I've got the picture | We are loth to let the pompadour go, For ehitiren teeriings softens the teins, reduces tir er," he suggested. “There's plate | sis ally probably came here t | ly pulled up before the castle, Littimer | on my mantel shelf in my sitting room. | for it has stood by us for three long Sammation, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25¢ a bottle Hy and there’s pictures.” = vig WY e to see| strolled up and stood there, regarding | rolied up as you told me to roll it and | years.—Philadelphia Public Ledger. + Para a 1 " Nothing had ever been atolen from | eens the latter, as likely as not,| Merritt quietly. tied with a piece of cotton. It was here is far more eloquence in silencé “Stonewall” Jackson’s Baptism. than there is in some long-winded threw him over, knowing that the fel- “So this is the " gentleman you were |. your own idea as the thing was to be low would not dare to talk; hence, the| going to bring to dinner?” he eaid,| left about casual-like, as being less thing is turned into money. I am mere-| grimly. “I have seen him before, in | calculated to excite suspicion. © And sel ly speculating, of course, under the as-| the company of our dear Reginald, I | there it is at the present moment, and sumption that you are quite sure of | also T'll’take my hoath to it.” * harbor, the former while it was being | Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Price25c. “what, not lately?” Merritt asked. ” snes Teta eae your facts.” Chris shot Littlmer an imoloring| Henson fairly ggsped. He had been | Euilt. Jackson was baptized at old St.) sean hand consetoun of: saylig. tho buiccppocmela!” Chris arted, eageriy;;/-slancs: | Merritt: srinned:sid) frleadls |. elde, teat: seta sitting room not two | John’s church, at Fort Hamilton, and} 4 fool is as happy im his folly as 4 nee Dail chook his head ceaim ‘An | “TWO long, irregular scratches leading | fashion. Bell, in his tactful way, pl-| hours before. and he had not failed to the records contain the following en-| wise man in his wisdom: ~atterly-puzzled expression crept sover up in arrow-headed shape to the big| loted the strange guest to the library | notice a roll of paper on the mantle] try: “On Sunday, 26th of April, 1849, 1 twa Bie. Pa fancaninl coduensane! diamond in the center. Ruth told Enid| before Littimer and Chris had reached | shelf. And. obvfously, Merritt was| baptized Thomas Jonathan Jackson, AL the present.sndment an. art ipdesube all about that the very last time they] the hall. The former polished vp his | telling the truth. And, equally obvi- | major in the United States army; wot price ietoud in. that ‘vere $OURESAAnG! Sree here eee een ae eye-glass and regarded Chris critically. | ously, the Rembrandt was hanging in| sponsors, Colonels Taylor and Dim- where was a party from the castle ut- ‘How came Ruth Gates to remember “My dearest -young lady,’ he said. | the corridor at the present moment. mick, also of the army.” The baptis- terly. ignorant of the robbery. Chtis'| 1,50 clearly? smoothly, ‘originality is a passion with | Henson had solyed and evolved many | tal font used for this oceasion is still gianced at-Bell and smiled. ‘Well, she did it herself, She was| me, eccentricity draws me as.a magnet; | ingenious puzzles in his time, but this preserved—New Orleans Times-Demo- oF ove thetpictuned” "ane wale Neate rubbing some specks off the case at the} but as yet I have refrained from sity| one was utterly beyond him. crat, “ctally the. prinikootDhat meribrandt last moment, and the scratches were} ting down at table with ticket-of-leave | “Some trick of Dr, Bell's, perhaps,” f Spuk. CoLoa ea ahe Soataenen at made accidentally with the stones in| men, Your. friend has ‘convict’ writ | Merritt suggested. Z : The Logic of the Lunatic. foand & trea light on If thin Mardin one of her rings.’ large upon his face.” FPA . “Bell suspects nothing. He is abso- The sometimes faultless logic of the and called Lord Littimer’s attention to Bell was fain to admit that the dis-| “He has been in gaol, of..course,” | lutely friendly to me. He could not | lunatic is delightfully illustrated in the at ‘betdre’/ wa. mensteds) ty ationlasabel: covery was an important one. “We'll| Chris admitted, cheerfully. — disguise his feelings like that. Upon | following dialogue: ks that up it it were mies” leave it for the present,” he said, “In| ‘Then let me prophesy, and derlare | my word. I was never so utterly at A yisitor fo an asylum saw a man Mcciitt'e’ eves nl iyaapconeakaons small place like this so valuable an| that he will be in gaol again. Why j sea in all my Ye. And, as for Litti-| capering along, the hall astride of 2 Hstened: 3250 he! Hot-adaneeteah aura article is Mikely. to remain in stock for) bring him here?” — mer, why, he has just@made a fresh will | stick. “Ah, ha!” said the visitor, wish- deep ‘plant’ ha svoula have Beek vant: some time. I’ call again to-morrow,| | “Because it is absolutely necessary.” | rrore in my favor than the old one. | ing to be pleasant, “I sé¢e you are hav- ay. arnsised: (BYE teh he kan Boone on the pretense of getting further | Chris sald, boldly. “That man cst help | But I'll find out. I'll get at the bottom | ing a fine ride on your horse.” a retake’ (hiss, HERGIS ERIC ARS goods, and obtain all thé information| me—help us, Lord Littimer. I am not} of, this business if it costs me a for-| ‘This isn't a horse,” answered the gen capodt choke “et hace seh thi vans there is to be gained as to who sold the| altogether what T/seem. There is aj tune.” — Lee case and what he was like. There is| scoundrel in your house, compared| le frawned moodily ‘at his boots; he speeches. Robert E. Lee and Thomas Jonathan (“Stonewall”) Jackson were once sta- 8 sak a 4 tops Cough ani tioned at Fort Hamilton, New York ‘Works Off the Cold SAttimer Castle,” Beil said, crisply. ‘He read the leer in Merritt's eyes as he ‘spoke of pictures. “Nothing whatev- | ” “ nmoment. ‘ y just time for a little dunch before we| with whom James Merritt is an inno- | turned thi . ui “Tell you what,” he said, suddenly. petal , E san Inn 1 ‘the thing over.in his ming untt “#p ain't used to swell society ways, | gran We gor" reverensl shi» WHE tee nee ganas lght- | his brain was dazed and muddled. The ‘but I'm always ready to sacrifice my-| pris would like to see the Lion.| : Remi it “been ste vires yet: self to the poor fellows who ain’t found) mere the straght path like me. And if you| there, with peta Ne and a ceil: